As-Saffat Verse 49

as if they were pristine pearls.[[ ‘Baiḍun maknûn’ can also mean spotless eggs. ]] 

as if they were well-protected eggs.

as if they were hidden pearls.

like protected eggs.

As though they were eggs hidden.

As if they were (delicate) eggs closely guarded.

so delicate as the hidden peel under an egg's shell.

Like sheltered eggs in a nest.

As if they were eggs, safely hidden.

as if they were hidden ostrich eggs.

(As free from any ugliness, and) untouched, as if they were hidden (ostrich) eggs.

Just as though they were eggs carefully guarded (- of pure and unsoiled character).

As though they are (F) protected/covered whites/eggs.

As if they were eggs, safely hidden.

As if they were delicate eggs carefully protected.

(Delicate and pure) as if they were (hidden) eggs (well) preserved.

And with them are those modest in gaze, having beautiful eyes,

As if they were eggs carefully protected.

(Pure) as they were hidden eggs (of the ostrich).

who are as chaste as sheltered eggs.

as if they were hidden pearls.

as if they were Bayd Maknun.

like closely guarded pearls.

As if they were closely guarded pearls.

as if they were, in terms of [the starkness of their white] colour, hidden eggs, of ostriches, sheltered by their feathers from dust, the colour being that whiteness with a hint of pallor, which is the most beautiful of female complexions.

as if they were Bayd Maknun.

Their bodies are described as having the most perfect color.

Ali bin Abi Talhah reported that Ibn Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him;
كَأَنَّهُنَّ بَيْضٌ مَّكْنُونٌ
(as if they were Bayd Maknun),

means, as if they were hidden pearls.

Al-Hasan said;
كَأَنَّهُنَّ بَيْضٌ مَّكْنُونٌ
(as if they were Bayd Maknun),

means, "protected, never touched by any hands."

As-Suddi said,

"The well preserved egg in its nest."

Sa`id bin Jubayr said;
كَأَنَّهُنَّ بَيْضٌ مَّكْنُونٌ
(as if they were Bayd Maknun), means,

"The inside of the egg."

Ata' Al-Khurasani said,

"It is the membrane which is between its outer shell and its inner contents."

As-Suddi said;
كَأَنَّهُنَّ بَيْضٌ مَّكْنُونٌ
(as if they were Bayd Maknun) means,

"The white of the egg when its shell is removed."

Ibn Jarir's view concerning the meaning of Maknun (well preserved) is,

"the outer shell is touched by the wing of the bird and the nest, and by people's hands, unlike the interior of the egg. And Allah knows best.